[July 2006 journal entry]
The ‘scrapheap’ Job’s self-defense and strained grip on his integrity represent the beginnings of an approach to spirituality based on his strengths. The various approaches to spirituality found within the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm are based on a low/weak self-understanding, with the result that either ‘God’ is relevant only to/through one’s weakness or weakness becomes the essential/full truth about one’s self. Affirmation of and appeal to human strength/s are viewed within the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm as pride heading toward spiritual ruin.
The ‘scrapheap’ Job’s self-defense and strained grip on his integrity represent the beginnings of an approach to spirituality based on his strengths. The various approaches to spirituality found within the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm are based on a low/weak self-understanding, with the result that either ‘God’ is relevant only to/through one’s weakness or weakness becomes the essential/full truth about one’s self. Affirmation of and appeal to human strength/s are viewed within the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm as pride heading toward spiritual ruin.
